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UFC Enters Amateur Jiu-Jitsu With Submission-First Rules. The Establishment Is Nervous.

UFC Enters Amateur Jiu-Jitsu With Submission-First Rules. The Establishment Is Nervous.

Jun 07, 2026 · amateur-jiu-jitsu, competition
UFC just did something the IBJJF has been too afraid to do for twenty years: admit that jiu-jitsu competitions suck to watch when they're decided by advantages and stalling. With the launch of UFC BJJ Opens—a new amateur ruleset designed explicitly to reward submissions and eliminate the dead-time t
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Tatiana Suarez Became The First Person To Ever Finish Loopy Godinez — She's A Wrestler

Tatiana Suarez Became The First Person To Ever Finish Loopy Godinez — She's A Wrestler

Jun 07, 2026 · competition-results, loopy-godinez
Tatiana Suarez locked in a rear-naked choke against Loopy Godinez at UFC 327 in Miami on April 12. At 2:29 of the second round, Godinez tapped.
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UFC Books Three BJJ Legends On One MMA Card — Zero Octagon Wins Between Them

UFC Books Three BJJ Legends On One MMA Card — Zero Octagon Wins Between Them

Jun 07, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj-to-mma
The UFC stacked UFC Vegas 116 on April 25, 2026 with three Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champions, all attempting the MMA crossover on the same night. It was supposed to be a love letter to the grappling community.
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Aljamain Sterling vs Youssef Zalal Headlines UFC Vegas — Back Control and Submission Specialists Clash at Featherweight

Aljamain Sterling vs Youssef Zalal Headlines UFC Vegas — Back Control and Submission Specialists Clash at Featherweight

Jun 07, 2026 · aljamain-sterling, back-control
Aljamain Sterling did what he's always done. He climbed onto Youssef Zalal's back, settled in like a man easing into a recliner, and stayed there for the better part of twenty-five minutes.
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Islam Makhachev Says Ian Garry's Wrestling Camp Won't Help — 'Short-Term Training Doesn't Provide Meaningful Improvement'

Islam Makhachev Says Ian Garry's Wrestling Camp Won't Help — 'Short-Term Training Doesn't Provide Meaningful Improvement'

Jun 03, 2026 · competition-results, grappling
Ian Garry flew to Georgia. Not the state, the country — home of Nox, khinkali, and apparently the only wrestlers on Earth who can prepare an Irishman to take down a Dagestani champion.
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Max Holloway Trained For McGregor With No Contract Signed — 'It Sucks. You Don't Have Nothing Signed or Whatever.'

Max Holloway Trained For McGregor With No Contract Signed — 'It Sucks. You Don't Have Nothing Signed or Whatever.'

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, conor-mcgregor
The UFC had already moved forward on nearly every front of a Conor McGregor comeback fight against Max Holloway—except the one that actually mattered to the fighter showing up to camp. The promotion had a video game cover courtesy of EA Sports.
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Ian Garry Called in Demian Maia to Crack Islam Makhachev's Code — BJJ's Greatest MMA Mind vs. The Grappler Who Broke Everyone Else

Ian Garry Called in Demian Maia to Crack Islam Makhachev's Code — BJJ's Greatest MMA Mind vs. The Grappler Who Broke Everyone Else

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, demian-maia
About three weeks before Ian Garry's welterweight title fight against Islam Makhachev was set to shake up UFC 330 in Philadelphia, the real story wasn't about two fighters preparing for August 15. It was about a phone call that never should have surprised anyone but did: Garry's wife reached out to
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Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson Tried Sumo Wrestling And Actually Meant It

Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson Tried Sumo Wrestling And Actually Meant It

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, cross-training
Something unusual happened in the crossover-training space—the kind of thing that should have been a throwaway YouTube moment but turned into something worth actually examining. Stephen Thompson does not wrestle.
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